The Charlotte Observer from Charlotte, North Carolina • 5

THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Wednesday April 12 1995 5 A Mother convicted of murder in beating death of daughter 7 Study examined 130 licensed family child-care providers in California Dallas and Charlotte Massacre survivors can sue gun maker judge rules SAN FRANCISCO In a landmark decision a San Francisco judge ruled that survivors of a 1993 massacre can sue the manufacturer of the semi-automatic assault weapons used in the attack On July 1 1993 Gian Luigi Ferri strode into the towering office building at California and Market streets armed with three guns two of them semi-automatic pistols and hundreds of rounds of ammunition He killed eight people and wounded six Judge James Warren ruled late Monday that Navegar Inc the Florida manufacturer of the two TEC-DC9 semi-automatic pistols that Ferri carried could be liable if it had made a gun it could have anticipated would be used for a massacre cuss the case but others indicated Tuesday that the decision was not made abruptly However it is clear the university moved without allowing Grant to explain why she had not disclosed the killing The university which had admitted Grant under its early admission program in January reopened case after receiving news clippings about the killing Faircloth wants reason for switch in chairmen WASHINGTON Sen Lauch Faircloth says the White House may have pushed for a switch in chairmen at a regulatory agency to thwart potential scrutiny of Hillary Rodham Clinton's trading profits The White House called accusation baseless and irresponsible Faircloth R-NC is demanding an explanation Democrat Barbara Holum was installed as acting chairman of the Commodities Future Trading Com mission in December 1993 after White House staff member Jan Piercy urged that Republican Sheila Bair step aside Hillary trading profits in cattle futures she invested $1000 and 10 months later had $99537 were disclosed in March 1994 Training improves child care studies say WASHINGTON Child-care workers who receive training and are better educated are less likely to discipline by yelling and hitting and children feel more safe and secure two studies reported The studies conducted by the Families and Work Institute examined the influence of training education and staff-to-child ratios on the quality of child care Improvements in those three areas the study said lead to significant improvements in development The Family Child Care Training Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH Fla A mother who claimed her 7-year-old daughter was abducted from a flea market and pleaded tearfully on television for the safe return was convicted of murder Tuesday in her beating death Pauline Zile 24 fought back tears as the guilty verdicts on charges of murder and child abuse were read She faces the death penalty or life in prison without parole Prosecutors said they will seek the death penalty No date was set for the jury to consider the sentence Pauline Zile was accused of abusing Christina Holt and causing her Sept 16 death by not protecting the girl from her step Students press Harvard to readmit Grant CAMBRIDGE Mass The undergraduate government president of Harvard University Tuesday called for a student rally today to demand the school readmit Gina Grant the 19-year-old convicted of killing her mother in 1990 Joshua Liston the student leader wants his peers to pressure the school also to explain why it withdrew its acceptance of Grant after learning of her crime as a juvenile in Lexington SC Harvard officials refused to dis father John Zile The couple kept the girl's body in a closet for several days before John Zile buried it In October a sobbing Pauline Zile went on TV with her husband with a concocted story about how the girl was kidnapped from a flea market bathroom Later that month John Zile led investigators to the grave think this verdict is an Pauline attorney Ellis Rubin told Circuit Judge Stephen Rapp outside the jury's presence He said he would ask Rapp to throw out the verdict and order a new trial in another county John Zile 32 is awaiting trial and could also face the death penalty STARTS TODAV SHOP WED THURS IOAMTO IOPM pmRpniipHMnpiif I- i a ATT SALE 20-50 0FI INFANTS TODDLERS GIRLS AND BOYS i JllLlLlLuJ T- sv 'SSS: mmmmJ I dfiw A I a h'M si 'gT 'N i BUGLE BONNIE GOOD LAD TFW BOYZ OSHKOSH BUSTER RARE EDITIONS 0-24 mos 2T-16 2T-20 Reg0rtg $6 to $85 SALE 479 to 5199 Regular and Original prices are ottering prices only and may or may not have resulted In sales Advertised merchandise may be available at sale prices In upcoming sale events JSsil A.